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I have owned Dodge trucks for almost 20 years. It's less than a than a year that I traded the truck for a Lexus but I find myself eyeing trucks again. Tacoma has a religious following and people ask crazy prices for them. Today I had a chance to sit in one as I took Uber to go somewhere. Two minutes into the ride and I realized this isn't for me. For one, it is too small. People move to trucks for the room you can no longer get in sedans. The ride wasn't the greatest and that huge hood "scoop", which is really not a scoop, looked out of place. So it's gonna be the Big Three I guess.
Only the TRD 'Sport' has the scoop (that's what I have), all other models don't have it. I don't find my Tacoma cramped at all, but I'm not a very big guy.. and the ride is fine with me as well. Maybe you need to try a Tundra, it has a lot more room and rides much smoother.
The biggest selling points of the Tacoma are reliability and resale value. A Tacoma (and Tundra) will easily last twice as long as anything the "big 3" can put out.
I *am* a big guy at 6'4", but I'm fit not fat... fit just fine in a T100 (similar size to the modern Tacoma, maybe a touch smaller). I absolutely HATE having to drive the Dodge work truck, it's a bloated ugly pig of a thing, but you can Easily fit 4 across the front bench seat.
But sometimes I have to haul the equipment trailer, and the Toyota isn't cut out for the task. Hauling a ton of river rock, no problem, ditto on a bed full of mulch, firewood, sheet goods, motorcycles, or appliances is a non-issue though. Of course, the 1997 Toyota is good as ever while the "Big 3" come and go, falling apart along the way.
Only the TRD 'Sport' has the scoop (that's what I have), all other models don't have it. I don't find my Tacoma cramped at all, but I'm not a very big guy.. and the ride is fine with me as well. Maybe you need to try a Tundra, it has a lot more room and rides much smoother.
The biggest selling points of the Tacoma are reliability and resale value. A Tacoma (and Tundra) will easily last twice as long as anything the "big 3" can put out.
Really? "Anything"?
Will it outlast my old 1994 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD? It had 276,000 miles on it when I got rid of it, and the last I heard it was still running strong somewhere in Nevada. The only reason I got rid of it was the fact that I no longer needed a one ton dually.
My current 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 CTD has nearly 175,000 miles on the clock, and is still going strong. I see similar Dodge CTD trucks from the '80s and '90s on the roads around here on a daily basis.
How many mid to late '90s Toyotas are still on the roads?
Wasn't it the Tacoma that had a massive recall to replace the frames due to intergranular corrosion?
For off-roading, if I ever decide to do much of it again, I will get another Jeep Wrangler Rubicon ('06 or earlier, I don't like the newer ones) or just use my Kawasaki Brute Force ATVs.
How many mid to late '90s Toyotas are still on the roads?
I see several on a daily basis, actually. And if prices in the used markets are a proxy for value, those 90s Toyotas seem to retain more value than their contemporaries from the Big-3.
As for recalls, let's not pretend it's only Toyota. For example, how about Dodge recalling 1.25 million trucks less than 2 months ago:
Really? "Anything"?
Will it outlast my old 1994 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD? It had 276,000 miles on it when I got rid of it, and the last I heard it was still running strong somewhere in Nevada. The only reason I got rid of it was the fact that I no longer needed a one ton dually.
My current 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 CTD has nearly 175,000 miles on the clock, and is still going strong. I see similar Dodge CTD trucks from the '80s and '90s on the roads around here on a daily basis.
How many mid to late '90s Toyotas are still on the roads?
Wasn't it the Tacoma that had a massive recall to replace the frames due to intergranular corrosion?
For off-roading, if I ever decide to do much of it again, I will get another Jeep Wrangler Rubicon ('06 or earlier, I don't like the newer ones) or just use my Kawasaki Brute Force ATVs.
I have seen Tacomas with over 400k miles on them. I have never seen a Colorado make it that far.
The frame rust issue mostly affected folks up north, it's not an issue where I live. My Tacoma is ten years old and has zero rust.
One thing that blows my mind on Tacoma is the miserable gas mileage for a slow 6 cyliner. The tiny bed in the crew cab is a joke too.
I wouldn't call 6.x seconds to 60 slow for a truck. That v6 6 speed manual combo can be pretty fun.
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